title: [Basalioma of the eyelid: rate and factors of recurrence after surgical therapy].
abstract: The aim of our study was to evaluate a recurrence rate of basalioma of the eyelid after surgical therapy. In our cohort of patients we also assessed a relation between the recurrence and chosen clinical parameters (localisation and size of tumour, TNM classification, histopathological grade of differentiation, margins of excision).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of data from patients with basalioma of the eyelid treated surgically at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava during the years 2005-2007. The excision exceeded the macroscopically visible margins of tumor with a safety margin of 2-3 mm into the healthy tissue.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our cohort we studied 67 histologically proven tumors in 65 patients. During a mean follow-up time of 24.6 +/- 13.6 months we found a recurrence in 4 tumors (6,0%), one of them subsequently recidivated for a second time. There was no statistically significant relation between the studied parameters and a tumor recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our recurrence rate of 6.0% is comparable with the published results from other centers.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Oftalmológie LFUK a UNB, Bratislava. zuzana.svetlosakova@gmail.com
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Svetlosáková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halás
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krásnik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Strmen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local